Subjective well-being of physically disabled and normal students

Pages: 579-584
Purnima Awasthi, Reeta Chauhan and Saroj Verma (Department of Psychology, F.S.S., B.H.U., Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

The study examined the role of age and gender on life satisfaction of physical disabled and normal healthy students. Sample comprised orthopedically disabled (n=73) and normal healthy students (n=73). Multidimensional Student Life-Satisfaction Scale was administered to assess their perception regarding the various domains of life-satisfaction such as family, friends, school, living environment, and self. The results indicated that disabled students scored higher only on the measure of school life-satisfaction than normal healthy students. Female students scored significantly higher on the domains of friends, school, and global life-satisfaction as compared to their male counterparts. Findings of age and gender groups revealed that females belonging to late adolescence age group scored higher on the domain of school and global life satisfaction than the males representing the same group. The implications of the findings for disabled students are discussed.